Where does “contrasto” come from?
contrasto (Italian) comes from Italian contrastare, from Latin contrāstāre, from Latin contrā, from Latin ubī, from Latin cubī, from Proto-Italic *kʷuðei — where.
contrasto (Italian): obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;...
Definitions
- obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;...
Ancestry of “contrasto”, step by step
contrasto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian contrastare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 2 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 4 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 5 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |
via Vulgar Latin contrastare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | contrastare | — |